Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/16/1979
Commonwealth v. Johnson
Citations
- 400 A.2d 583
- 484 Pa. 545
- 1979 Pa. LEXIS 522
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- where, in prosecution for first-degree murder, defendant failed to object to trial court’s original charge, defendant failed to preserve contention that error occurred when, following supplemental instructions, trial court refused his request that malice be defined for the jury
- Three of the six justices participating in the case specifically stated that failure to raise the issue of the allegedly tainted identification in a pre-trial suppression motion, when the defendant knew of the allegedly improper identification prior to trial, waives the issue.
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Judges: Eagen, Larsen, Manderino, Nix, O'Brien, Reversal, Roberts, Support
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7 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-06-25· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. LaneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-13· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-29· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. SchneiderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-07-24· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-31· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. CollazoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-02-24· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-09-28· cited 18×
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 3,107×
- Commonwealth v. RouxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. BlackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-08-17· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. CoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 70×
- Commonwealth ex rel. Fletcher v. CavellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-03-20· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. HeatheringtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-28· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. RoachSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-10-12· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. CainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-14· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. KampoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 19×
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